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  • Date
    30 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 7 bills to implement the recommendations of the 2020 Independent Review of the
    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
    (the Samuel Review), the bill establishes the National Environmental Protection Agency as a statutory Commonwealth entity to undertake regulatory and implementation functions under a range of environmental Commonwealth laws 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Health Act 1953
    to reduce the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme general patient charge from $31.60 to $25.00 from 1 January 2026. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    05 Feb 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Health, Disability and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Health Act 1953
    to amend the definition of ‘vaccine’ to enable new and merging technologies to be listed on the National Immunisation Program. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of meeting any liabilities that the Commonwealth may incur under a Pacific banking guarantee entered into with an Australian-headquartered authorised deposit-taking institution operating in the Pacific region. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Mar 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
    ,
    Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017
    and
    Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023
    to enable the forthcoming statutory reviews of these Acts to be combined; and
    Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017
    and
    Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023
    to align the frequency of the future periodic reviews of these Acts to allow them to be combined or conducted separately. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Act 2009
    to provide that the person responsible for payment of the National Joint Replacement Register levy is the person defined in the
    Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    08 Oct 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Amends: 13 Acts to provide for a ‘tell us once’ approach to support the sharing and use of information provided to various government agencies, including Services Australia; the
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    to amend the language used for the Additional Child Care Subsidy (child wellbeing) payment; the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    ,
    National Health Act 1953
    and
    Dental Benefits Act 2008
    to amend regulatory settings around certain health care services; the
    Private Health Insurance Act 2007
    to remove the risk of unintentional non-compliance by a private health insurer due to a rounding technicality; the
    Marriage Act 1961
    to allow marriage celebrants to accept digital forms of identity verification; the
    Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
    to enable petroleum and environmental regulators to share certain information; the
    Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
    and
    Defence Act 1903
    to expand certain delegation powers; the
    National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011
    to enable NBN Co mapping data to continue to be made publicly available; the
    Fuel Security Act 2012
    ,
    Petroleum and Other Fuels Reporting Act 2017
    and
    Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984
    to enable the Government to respond to potential shortages of critical fuels; the
    Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012
    to include the consideration of energy performance; and the
    Social Security Act 1991
    ,
    Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to: provide for consistency in relation to certain social security benefits; and make minor or technical amendments. Also repeals the
    Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949
    and
    Early Years Quality Fund Special Account Act 2013

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    02 Mar 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Royal Commissions Act 1902
    and
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to provide additional protections for people who provide intelligence or operationally sensitive information to a Royal Commission on a voluntary or compulsory basis where that information is subject to secrecy provisions; and
    Royal Commission Regulations 2019
    to ensure that these protections apply to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    05 Feb 2026 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
    to: clarify the commencement date of child support periods when the registrar receives a new tax assessment for a parent; and ensure that a parent with less than 35 per cent care of a child is not entitled to receive child support payments;
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to provide legislative authority for urgent payments to eligible social security recipients outside the standard fortnightly payment cycle; and
    Social Security Act 1991
    to clarify the operation of the social security income test treatment of employment income. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    04 Sep 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Social Security Act 1991
    to: validate the use of apportioning employment income when calculating the rate of a mean-tested social security payment for entitlement periods between 1 July 1991 and 6 December 2020; and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    ,
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Student Assistance Act 1973
    to expand the special circumstances waiver regimes; provide for a standardised and indexed small debt waiver threshold of $250; and provide for a one-off waiver of the Commonwealth’s right to recover small undetermined debts. Also establishes a resolution scheme to provide a resolution payment to persons whose debts have been affected by income apportionment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum